Wagon-box and hay-rack lifter.



No. 654,842. Patented July 3|, I900. m. J. SASGEN.

WAGON BOX AND HAY RACK LIFTER.

(Application filed Feb. 8, 1898.)

(No Model.)

' UNITED I ST TE PATEN omen MICHAEL J. SASGEN, OF ST. MATTHIAS,MINNESOTA.

WAGON-BOXIAN D HAY-RACK LIFTER.

SEECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,842, date July 31,1906. Application filed Ietmary s, 1898. Serle1No.669,536. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MICHAEL J. SASGEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Matthias, in the county of Crow Wing and State ofMinnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Boxand Hay-Rack Lifters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in wagon-box and hay-rack lifters,and has for its object to provide a simple, easily-con structed, strong,durable, and easily-operated lifter. This object I accomplish in themanner and by the means hereinafter more fully described in detail, andparticularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which like reference-letters indicate likeparts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention with a hay-racksuspended. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same. Fig. 3 is a detailed viewof one end of Windlass.

My invention consists of two posts A and B, set upright in the ground orotherwise secured in an upright position at a suitable distance fromeach other. Levers O C are pivotally mounted on said posts A and B bymeans of pointing the tops of the posts A and B or of pins a a, fixed inthe tops of said posts A and B, and recesses c c in said levers O G, inwhich said pointed tops of said posts A and B or said pins :1 a Work, orin any other suitable manner. To the ends of the short arms of thelevers O O are fastened, by eyebolts d d or' other suitable means,pieces of chain D D or other suitable material, so that the ends of saidchains D D swing free. To the free ends of said chains D D hooks d d,suitable for grappling the ends of a wagon-box or hayrack, are secured.To the other ends of the levers O C ropes c are fastened and leadthrough pulleys E E, firmly secured in the ground or otherwiseimmediately under the ends of said levers C G to a Windlass F, the endsof which are journaled on the sides of the posts A and B toward thepulleys E E by.

straps of iron or other suitable material passed around the ends of saidWindlass F and secured to said posts A and-B by bolts or other handle G,and in the post A, just above the level of said Windlass F, is a line ofholes ff, in which a pin f fits, said pin serving, when desired, toprevent said crank-handle Gr turning backward. V

' The operation of my invention is as follows: The ropes c a beingunwound from the Windlass F the hooks d d are made fast to the wagon-boxor hay-rack to be lifted, and

then the crank-handle G is turned, winding the ropes c c on the WindlassF and lifting the Wagon-boxer hay-rack'from the runninggear. When asufficient height is attained, the pin f isins'erted in the properholefand the wagon -box or hay-rack held suspended until it is desiredto lower it.

By my method of pivoting the levers O O on the posts A and B the leversC C can be swung around and the device used for other purposes, such aslifting hogs and dipping them in a caldron of boiling water to enablethe bristles to be removed, &c.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters ,Patent, is-

1. In a hoisting apparatus, uprights having pins on their upper ends,recessed levers pivotally and revolubly mounted on said pins in saidrecesses and means for operating the same, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

2. 111 a hoisting apparatus two standards having pins upon their upperends and levers pivotally mounted on said pins in recesses in saidlevers, means at one end of said levers for grappling the body to beraised, and at the other end means for raising and lowering said lever,substantially as and for the purpose described.

, 3. A wagon-box and hay-rack lifter consistin g of two posts set in theground, and having pins set in their upper ends, recessed levers restingupon said pins; pulleys secured to the ground, and a Windlass strappedto said posts, said levers having grappling-hooks on their short endsand ropes extending from their long ends through said pulleys to saidWindlass, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4:. A hoisting apparatus consisting of two posts set in the ground, saidposts having pins set in their upper ends, recessed levers resting onsaid pins in said recesses, chains holes in said post and preventsaidcrankprovided with hooks at their ends and secured by eyebolts tothe short arms of said levers, pulleys secured in the ground imme 10said Windlass, and a pin adapted .to enter handle moving backward,substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I hereto affix my sig'-' nature inthe presence oftwowitnesses.

MICHAEL J. SA SGEN.-

Witnesses:

FRED J. SEIPP, P. M. LAGUQUIST.

